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Contact Dermatitis to Epoxy Resins in Composite Material

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Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis

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An outbreak of allergic contact dermatitis in an aircraft factory where epoxy resinimpregnated materials were employed has been investigated. Of 30 operatives, 20 gave positive reactions to the composite material. In these patients, patch tests with epoxy resin 1% (Firma) gave a positive reaction in only four cases. Patch tests with diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), tetraglycidyl-4-4′-methylene dianiline (TGMDA), triglycidyl derivative of p-aminophenol (TGPAP) and o-diglycidyl phthalate were performed in 18 of the patients. TGMDA, TGPAP and o-diglycidyl phthalate picked up all the 11 patients positive to the composite materials.

These data confirm that the composite materials must be used as is for patch testing due to the unreliability of the tests performed with common epoxy resin 1% in petrolatum. In addition, they indicate that TGMDA, TGPAP and o-diglycidyl phthalate, which are new constituents of carbon fibre epoxy resin system, can be used in order to reveal the sensitization.

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  1. Clinica Dermatologica, II Facoltà di Medicina, via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    G. Lembo, N. Balato, F. Cusano, A. Baldo & F. Ayala

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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Lembo, G., Balato, N., Cusano, F., Baldo, A., Ayala, F. (1989). Contact Dermatitis to Epoxy Resins in Composite Material. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_78

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